John Barnes to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1812
From John Barnes
George Town 27th March, 1812.
Dear Sir,
Your favor of the 15h Inst inclosing sundry Accots for payment—as well, Messr Gibson and Jeffersons Order, on Bank of Columbia for $200—recd 23d have been Applied1—as follows viz—
| To J Milligan for | $65. | 12½ | ||
| R. Weightman | 6. | 25. | ||
| J Barry | 70. | 50. | ||
| paid | 141. | 87½ | ||
| Mr Foxall promised to send me |  |
55. | 46½ | |
| ⅌ Clerk, his Acct (not yet recd) 2 | ||||
| would be | 197. | 34. | ||
|
Mr
Barry presented to me, Minute of his former a/c stated by yourself wherein you Credited for a diamond which he has promised to explain to you & I requested him (when so done) 3 to call on me; for payment— |
8. | 80. | ||
| $206. | 14. | whole Amt | ||
| deducting Messr G & Js order | 200. | |||
| will be placed to yr debit wth me— | $6. | 14. | if correct. | |
no present hopes of succeeding in the purchase of a sett of exchange—on France.—
cannot you induce Mr Warden or some other friend—to procure for me a sett—to the Value of $1000 or 1100—which I shd be inabled to pay for, on accot of the good General! referring you to my late letters of the 13th and 16th Ulto—
I am Dear Sir—most Respectfully—
John Barnes.
RC (ViU: TJP-ER); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 8 Apr. 1812 and so recorded in SJL.
Richard barry received $70.52, not $70.50 (TJ to Barnes, 15 Mar. 1812; Barry to TJ, 27 Mar. 1812). Barnes’s letter of the 16th ulto was actually dated 26 Feb. 1812.
1. Manuscript: “Applid.”
2. Omitted closing parenthesis editorially supplied.
3. Omitted closing parenthesis editorially supplied.
Index Entries
- Bank of Columbia search
- Barnes, John; and T. Kosciuszko’s American investments search
- Barnes, John; as TJ’s agent search
- Barnes, John; letters from search
- Barry, Richard; TJ makes payments to search
- diamonds; purchased by TJ search
- Foxall, Henry; payment from TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and T. Kosciuszko’s arrangement with TJ search
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura; remittances to search
- Milligan, Joseph; TJ pays search
- Warden, David Bailie; and remittances to T. Kosciuszko search
- Weightman, Roger Chew; TJ pays search